Successful partnership between Brookhaven National Laboratory and Northrop Grumman Corp. for construction of RHIC superconducting magnets

This paper summarizes the structure and execution (or 'history') of the contract between the RHIC Project at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Northrop Grumman Corporation for construction of the 8 cm aperture superconducting dipoles needed for RHIC. A total of 373 dipoles were built for a contracted price of $43 M. Two smaller contracts for RHIC superconducting magnets are also discussed.